(19)
(11) EP 1 400 864 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/13

(21) Application number: 03021141.1

(22) Date of filing: 22.09.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G03G 15/00, B65H 37/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 20.09.2002 JP 2002275915
27.02.2003 JP 2003051595

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Asami, Shinji
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Hattori, Hitoshi
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Sasaki, Takeshi
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Satoh, Shohichi
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Binding apparatus, paper processing apparatus and image forming system


(57) In a binding apparatus having a pair of guide shafts (200a, 200b) fixed respectively to a front side plate and a rear side plate by a corresponding screw and a pair of stays (204, 205) fixed between the front and rear side plates, a stitcher (5a) and a clincher (5b) are movably supported in the longitudinal direction on the guide shafts (200a, 200b), wherein a binding section (T) for binding a paper sheet bundle is interposed between the stitcher (5a) and clincher (5b). The stitcher (5a) and clincher (5b) are arranged in such a way that a staple needle in the stitcher (5a) is movable along the center line (M) connecting the centers of the guide shafts (200a, 200b) to each other.






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